Asian markets marginally higher, gold hovers around $1,265

All the major Asian indices were trading marginally higher on Thursday. On the other side, gold and silver were trading slightly lower. Gold was trading around $1,265 and silver was trading around $17.69 marks.

Yesterday U.S released ADP job data with negative numbers at 154K m/m vs 175K m/m previous release.

Chinese banks will be closed in observance of National Day.

South Korea’s Kospi was trading 0.15 percent higher at 2,056.36 points.

Japan’s Nikkei was trading around 0.57 percent higher at 16,915.24 points.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng was trading 0.30 percent higher at 23,860.24 points.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was trading 0.37 percent higher at 5,472.10 points.